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If you are still in the backcountry, separating the meat from the hide and the bone is essential in getting it cooled down the fastest. Use breathable game bags like the Alaska Game bags and hang the meat to allow air to circulate around it. Low areas in the shade near moving water are the best areas to hang meat that is waiting to be packed out.

What Schism said. Meat tends to spoil from the bone outward. Some guys put it in garbage bags and submerge it to cool, then hang it up to dry. I would only do this as a very last resort. Getting it into a cool, shady draw where air can circulate around the game bags will work on a very hot day.

Once you got it to the truck, bring some big coolers and keep plenty of ice in them for any long drives home. Just keep the meat in the game bags and pour the ice on all sides. Keep draining the meltwater and filling with ice as you go.

GOTE Gear has some reusable game bags that are very breathable. They have a hanging strap and the bone-out bag comes with a strap that can be used in the middle of the bag to separate the meat into two halves... Check them out

I would second the game bags but here is the key that I have found. Run a rope across a creek strong enough to hold all the meat. I tie a knot in the game bag and then slip a S hook under the knot and then hook it on the rope for easy on and off. Now here is the key take a 5x8 tarp and stretch it over the top to keep the sun off and TRAP the COLD AIR from the creek. I have hung meat for 3 days before cutting it up in camp with no issues. I hunt southern CO so 70-80 degree sunny days are the norm. This works so well I will keep camp near a creek as a priority driving farther if needed.

the meat will pile into the bottom of the game bag Darin. Just keep adjusting as often as you can. You can easily reposition the pieces of meat in the bag, or hand the bag by the middle or other end or a numer of things.

You don't have to hand the bags at all providing you can keep the others critters off of them. You can pile brush or sticks or anything that you can lay the bags on to get air flow all around them. Try not to lay the bag on a solide surface though.

The key is keeping it cool and dry and removing ALL contaminated meat from the good stuff. Citric acid sprayed on the surface will help in keeping bacteria from starting to grow.

Check out pristine ventures website. Larry Bartlet is pretty good at showing how to keep game meat from spoiling.